Swatch profit plunges almost 75%, hit by weakness in China [Fortune]
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Operating profit declined 75% to 304 million Swiss francs ($335 million) in 2024, below analyst estimates, it said in a statement Thursday. Sales dropped 12.2%. Shares fell 7% in early trading in Zurich. The disappointing results came alongside industry figures showing that Swiss watch exports declined for a fourth straight month in December. Overall exports fell 5.4% year-on-year, with China down 19%. The watch industry, as with the luxury sector, has struggled since an inflation spike led consumers to curb spending after a pandemic boom The company expects substantial improvements in sales and results in 2025, though demand in China will “continue to be rather restrained.” “The watch sector remains in a very difficult situation, as the Swatch Group's results show, said Jean-Philippe Bertschy, head of Swiss equity research at Vontobel. “China remains very fragile and uncertain.” In its statement, Swatch said it's “deliberately maintaining production capacities and jobs,” whi
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